One-Year Multidisciplinary Follow-Up of Patients With COVID-19 Requiring Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with COVID-19 frequently develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Data on long-term survival of these patients are lacking. The authors investigated 1-year survival, quality of life, and functional recovery of patients with COVID-19 ARDS requiring invasive mechanical ventilation.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

Tertiary-care university hospital.

Participants

All patients with COVID-19 ARDS receiving invasive mechanical ventilation and discharged alive from hospital.

Interventions

Patients were contacted by phone after 1 year. Functional, cognitive, and psychological outcomes were explored through a questionnaire and assessed using validated scales. Patients were

SUBMITTER: Zangrillo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626145 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature